Techie Granny

It baffles the mind that my 5 year old son and my soon to be 79 year old grandmama find the iPad equally amusing.

My maternal grandmother is 3 days shy of her 79th birthday (which falls on 9/11) and she recently discovered the joys of technology. She had asked us to download games and apps for me. She especially enjoys word games like TextTwist and BookWorm. Once, she called my sister in a state because one of her favorite games was deleted and she doesn't know how to put it back. It is funny because for someone who is so set in her ways, so old-school when it comes to her thoughts and traditions she has opened up to new things. I am happy for this since my grandma is not that outgoing and only makes it her lifelong duty to dote on my grandpa. At least, with a little game-therapy she can have a little fun without breaking the bank or worse - hurting herself (some oldies insist on going ballroom dancing and gets hurt - physically and emotionally in the process). Anyway; she is far from shopping for incontinence products just yet and I am quite certain in due time she may have a facebook account soon. Amazing how technology can bind us together. Look at any social media and you will know that there's no one whose unreachable or un-googleable nowadays.